So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Uh, yeah, you can do it
I couldn't give a damn what you say to me
I don't really care what you think of me
'Cause either way you're gonna think what you believe
There's nothing you could say that would hurt me
I'm better off without you anyway
I thought it would be hard, but I'm okay
I don't need you if you're gonna be that way
'Cause with me, it's all or nothing
I'm sick of this shit
Don't deny
You're a waste of time
I'm sick of this shit
Don't ask why
I hate you now
So go away from me
You're gone
So long
I can do better
I can do better
Hey, hey, you
I found myself again
That's why
You're gone
I can do better
I can do better
You're so full of shit
I can't stand the way you act
You just can't comprehend
I don't think that you can handle it
I'm way over, over it
I will drink as much Limoncello as I can
And I'll do it again and again
I don't really care what you have to say
'Cause you know, you know you're nothing
(I'm so sick)
I'm sick of your shit
Don't deny
You're a waste of time
I'm sick of your shit
Don't ask why
I hate you now
So go away from me
You're gone
So long
I can do better
I can do better
Hey, hey, you
I found myself again
That's why
You're gone
I can do better
I can do better
What'd you say?
I told you so
You know that 'cause I always know
Get outta my face
Hey, hey
You're not my taste
Hey, hey
I am so sick of you
You're on my nerves
I want to puke
Get outta my face
Hey, hey
You're not my taste
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
I hate you now
So go away from me
You're gone
So long
I can do better
I can do better
Hey, hey, you
I found myself again
That's why
You're gone
I can do better
I can do better
I hate you now
So go away from me
You're gone
So long
I can do better
I can do better
Hey, hey, you
I found myself again
That's why
You're gone
I can do better
I can do better
I couldn't give a damn what you say to me
I don't really care what you think of me
'Cause either way you're gonna think what you believe
There's nothing you could say that would hurt me
I'm better off without you anyway
I thought it would be hard, but I'm okay
I don't need you if you're gonna be that way
'Cause with me, it's all or nothing
I'm sick of this shit
Don't deny
You're a waste of time
I'm sick of this shit
Don't ask why
I hate you now
So go away from me
You're gone
So long
I can do better
I can do better
Hey, hey, you
I found myself again
That's why
You're gone
I can do better
I can do better
You're so full of shit
I can't stand the way you act
You just can't comprehend
I don't think that you can handle it
I'm way over, over it
I will drink as much Limoncello as I can
And I'll do it again and again
I don't really care what you have to say
'Cause you know, you know you're nothing
(I'm so sick)
I'm sick of your shit
Don't deny
You're a waste of time
I'm sick of your shit
Don't ask why
I hate you now
So go away from me
You're gone
So long
I can do better
I can do better
Hey, hey, you
I found myself again
That's why
You're gone
I can do better
I can do better
What'd you say?
I told you so
You know that 'cause I always know
Get outta my face
Hey, hey
You're not my taste
Hey, hey
I am so sick of you
You're on my nerves
I want to puke
Get outta my face
Hey, hey
You're not my taste
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
I hate you now
So go away from me
You're gone
So long
I can do better
I can do better
Hey, hey, you
I found myself again
That's why
You're gone
I can do better
I can do better
I hate you now
So go away from me
You're gone
So long
I can do better
I can do better
Hey, hey, you
I found myself again
That's why
You're gone
I can do better
I can do better
Lyrics submitted by bleu_ice2002
I Can Do Better Lyrics as written by Lukasz Gottwald Avril Ramona Lavigne
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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You're so full of shit You're so full of shit You're so full of shit You're so full of shit blahablhablahbalahblah,
the only person she should be singing this to is herself :)